Naval Air Station Lemoore Reeves Field
IATA: NLC – ICAO: KNLC - FAA: NLC
Summary
Airport type		Naval Air Station
Operator		United States Navy
Location		Kings / Fresno counties, near Lemoore, California
Built		1961
In use		Active
Commander		Captain James R. Knapp
Elevation AMSL		234 ft / 71.3 m
Coordinates		36°19′59″N 119°57′07″W / 36.33306°N 119.95194°W / 36.33306; -119.95194
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
14L/32R	13,502	4,115	Concrete
	13,502	4,115	Concrete

Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore (IATA: NLC, ICAO: KNLC, FAA LID: NLC) is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County and Fresno County, California. Lemoore Station, California, a census-designated place, is located inside the base's borders.

NAS Lemoore is the Navy's largest master jet air station. Strike Fighter Wing Pacific along with associated squadrons, is home ported there. NAS Lemoore hosts four Carrier Air Wings.

History

Commissioned in 1961, NAS Lemoore is the newest air station in the Navy. Two offset parallel runways were laid out 4,600 feet apart. Aircraft parking and maintenance hangars are aligned between the 13,500 foot runways. Separated from the hangars by underpasses beneath taxiways A & C, the remainder of the air operations area is located directly southeast.

In July, 1998, NAS Lemoore was selected as the West Coast site for the Navy’s newest strike-fighter aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. This action brings approximately 92 additional aircraft, 1,850 additional active duty personnel and 3,000 family members to NAS Lemoore and several associated facility additions or improvements.

The Navy brought four new fleet squadrons to Naval Air Station Lemoore over the period 2001-2004. Additional military staffing will be required at Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department, Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific, and Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Lemoore (CNATTU) to support this effort.

Current operations

Aerial view of NAS Lemoore in the early 1960s

With the transfer of NAS Miramar to the United States Marine Corps, NAS Lemoore now hosts the Navy's entire west coast fighter/attack capability. NAS Lemoore was built “from the ground up” as a Master Jet Base, and has several operational advantages, and relatively few constraints, as a result.

The Pacific Strike Fighter Wing with its supporting facilities are home ported here. The primary aircraft based at NAS Lemoore is the F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter. In November, 1999, NAS Lemoore received its first F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets, which replaced the F-14 Tomcat in fleet service as an air superiority fighter and has assumed, in a different configuration, the role of older F/A-18 Strike Fighters. Currently, there are a total of 175 Hornets and Super Hornets home-based at NAS Lemoore operating from two Fleet Replacement [training] Squadrons and fourteen Fleet [operational] Squadrons.

Tenant Units

Carrier Wings

Pacific Strike Fighter Wing

• Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2), assigned to: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
• Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), assigned to: USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
• Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), assigned to: USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
• Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14), assigned to: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

Squadrons

Tenant Activities

FAA Airport Diagram

• Strike Fighter Wing Pacific
• Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific
• Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department
• AIMD Sea Operational Detachment
• Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group, Pacific Fleet
• Marine Aviation Training Support Group
• Naval Air Technical Services Facility Detachment
• Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit
• Naval Air Maintenance Training Group
• Naval Hospital
• Naval Branch Dental Clinic
• Naval Training Systems Center
• Trainer Systems Support Activity
• Naval Air Reserve Center and Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment.
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service NCISRA
• Naval Legal Service Office, Southwest Branch Office
• Aviation Survival Training Center
• NATEC, Naval Air Technical Data and Engineering Service Command
• NAFC, Naval Aviation Forecast Component

Educational Institutes

• Akers Elementary School (Preschool-8th)
• Neutra Elementary School (K-5)
• Military College

Runway Information

Runway 14L/32R

Runway 14R/32L

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• RWY-LGTS: RWY 14L - OLS.
• FLUID: SP PRESAIR OXRB (LOX AVBL 1600-2400Z++ MON-FRI ONLY.)
• TRAN ALERT: LTD TRAN SVC/MAINT AVBL DUR ARPT OPR HR. HI-SPEED FUEL LANES NOT AVBL TO TRAN ACFT.
• RSTD: PPR DSN 949-1023, C559-998-1023 EXC AIREVAC. CIV ACFT LDG PERMS RQR. PRIOR COORD OR FLT ADVSY RQR FOR AMC AND SKED AIRLIFTS. 24 HR PN RQR FOR ACFT WITH HAZ CARGO.
• CAUTION: BIRD HAZ. HI INTS JET OPR 25 NM RAD 0-15,000' MON-FRI. BLACK TOP AREAS ADJ TO TWY AND HGR FOR EROSION CTL ONLY, WILL NOT SUPPORT ACFT.
• TFC PAT: HVY ACFT EXECUTING PRACTICE INST APCH LTD TO LO APCH. REDUCED RWY SEPARATION STD IN EFF USN/USMC ACFT.
• MISC: PRIOR COORD REQ FOR PRACTICE INST APCH DSN 949-1099 C559-998-1099. DATA LINK FREQ 323.5, TRN-28 MNT SYSTEM CH 13.
• OIL: O-128-133-156.
• SERVICE LGT - PALS UNAVBL WKEND.
• RWY-LGTS: RWY 14R - OLS.
• RWY-LGTS: RWY 32R - OLS.
• RWY-LGTS: RWY 32L - SF, OLS, WAVE-OFF.
• SERVICE LGT - CARRIER DECK LGT RWY 14L AND RWY 32L
• A-GEAR: RWY 14L, HOOK E28 (1849').
• A-GEAR: RWY 32R, HOOK E28 (1756').
• A-GEAR: RWY 14R, HOOK E28 (1600').
• A-GEAR: RWY 32L, HOOK E28 (3495').
• JASU: 2(GTC-85) 2(NC-5) 2(NC-8) 1(NCPP-105).
• FUEL: J5.

Lemoore Nas (reeves Fld) Airport  

Address: Kings County, CA

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General Info
Country	United States
State	CALIFORNIA
FAA ID	NLC
Latitude	36-19-58.824N
Longitude	119-57-07.500W
Elevation	234 feet
Near City	LEMOORE

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